contiki/core/net/mac/framer.h
Niclas Finne 68730566a3 Added method to framer that returns the header length if the framer
would create a header with the current packet information.

This allows sicslowpan to calculate the max payload size without
consuming a sequence number or clearing/restoring the packet buffer.
2014-04-11 17:03:23 +02:00

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/*
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/**
* \file
* A MAC framer is responsible for constructing and parsing
* the header in MAC frames. At least the sender and receiver
* are required to be encoded in the MAC frame headers.
* \author
* Niclas Finne <nfi@sics.se>
* Joakim Eriksson <joakime@sics.se>
*/
#ifndef FRAMER_H_
#define FRAMER_H_
#define FRAMER_FAILED -1
struct framer {
int (* length)(void);
int (* create)(void);
int (* parse)(void);
};
#endif /* FRAMER_H_ */